The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Unified Communications over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Middlesex region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 25 - 38
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 3 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 1.485% - 0.291%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.818% - 2.703%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
Average daily rate £313 - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £326 £365 £400
% change year-on-year
-10.61% -8.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.50 - £35.00
All Communications & Networking
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
44 49 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 21.78% 15.51% 10.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 21 11
Average daily rate £375 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £306 £325 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £615 £500 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 6
Average hourly rate £32.50 £27.25 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.26% -6.03%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £12.50 £19.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £27.50 £40.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
Unified Communications
South East

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Unified Communications across the Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Middlesex Unified Communications Jobs Demand Trend

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Unified Communications across the Middlesex region.

Middlesex Unified Communications Daily Rate Trend

Unified Communications
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing Unified Communications also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Unified Communications.

1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
1 3 (60.00%) H.323
1 3 (60.00%) Tandberg
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (40.00%) Lync
2 2 (40.00%) Polycom
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Office Communications Server

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing Unified Communications also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Unified Communications. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Lync
2 1 (20.00%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) H.323
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Technical Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Technical Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
1 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
1 3 (60.00%) Tandberg
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Polycom